Eggs are well attested as funerary offerings—real eggs, artistic counterparts in marble and terracotta, or, as here, diminutive vases of egg shape. This example was found with another (now in Athens), and both originally had lids. The abduction scene has been interpreted as depicting Paris and Helen on their way to Troy, perhaps accompanied by Aeneas, who runs in front of their chariot. Aphrodite and Eros look on. The shape is pertinent to the subject, as Helen was hatched from an egg.